If anything, MLB needs to drop some teams to spread the talent out. The six that I would drop are Florida, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Arizona, Oakland and Kansas City. Please no grief about if they won the World Series or tradition.

With that out of the way, we can go back to two leagues each with two 6-team divisions:

No interleague play is going on here. Teams will continue to play a 162-game schedule by playing teams in their division 18 times and teams in the other division 12 times.

Since MLB likes it, we’ll keep the wild card as the best 2 teams after the division champ regardless of division. Same playoff format: best-of-5 division series, best-of-7 league championship and best-of-7 World Series. Home field goes to the better team in the division and league series and alternates in the World Series (AL odd years, NL even years).

If anything, MLB needs to drop some teams to spread the talent out. The six that I would drop are Florida, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Arizona, Oakland and Kansas City. Please no grief about if they won the World Series or tradition.

With that out of the way, we can go back to two leagues each with two 6-team divisions:

No interleague play is going on here. Teams will continue to play a 162-game schedule by playing teams in their division 18 times and teams in the other division 12 times.

Since MLB likes it, we’ll keep the wild card as the best 2 teams after the division champ regardless of division. Same playoff format: best-of-5 division series, best-of-7 league championship and best-of-7 World Series. Home field goes to the better team in the division and league series and alternates in the World Series (AL odd years, NL even years).

Royals used to be a class organization until the new ownership took over. Their current owner is an idiot, the general manager is an idiot. So yes I agree with you on the Mickey Mouse part, but a lousy fan base hardly. While "small market" they draw from a very large region. Try Omaha, Lincoln, Wichita, Topeka, Des Moines, Springfield, Columbia, Tulsa. They have the largest radio network in the American League. Its the fan base that is more upset at the performance in the front office and field, put a solid club and KC will bring the fans.

Also its funny that you put the don't argue about World Series and Tradition since they have combined for more World Series titles than the AL West setup you have.

Since the other 2 major pro sports (as well as hockey ;D ) were covered, I thought that baseball needed a thread too.

I know the market isn't there right now, but if there ever is a salary cap and meaningful revenue sharing, I think that the league should expand to 32 teams. As a tradtionalist, I would like 4 divisions of 8 but I will except 8 divisions of 4 and eliminating the wild card.

This is a sample team schedule for future moments of the teams of Major League Baseball. Each will be 3 games per series. MLB will expand 32 teams and it will split in 2 leagues, with 4 divisions of 4 teams for each league. The American League and National League will respectively have their divisions named as the following: East, North, South and West. “??????” will represent a new franchise for the American League. “v.*3” represents a home series and “@*3” represents a road series.

The scheduling format will be the following:

Intra-Divisional Play – Each division consists 4 teams. Therefore, each team in that division will face another team from the same division 18 times (9 at home and 9 on the road). It’s the same as facing in 6 series (3 at home and 3 on the road). Since the division has 4 teams, it will be the following:

18 games per team faced from same division * (3 other divisional teams except own self) = 54 games

Inter-Divisional Play (a.k.a. League Play or Conference Play) – This is when a team faces teams outside its own division but inside the same league or conference. Therefore, each team would face another team from another division 8 times (4 at home and 4 on the road). It’s the same as facing in 2 series (1 at home and 1 on the road). It will be the following:

8 games per team faced from another division * 4 non-divisional teams = 32 games

or

32 total games of the 4 teams faced "combined" from a different division * 3 other divisions = 96 games

Inter-League Play (a.k.a. Non-Conference Play) – This is when a team faces all of the teams outside its own league or conference. Therefore, each team would face all the teams of one division from another league or conference 3 times (3 at home or 3 on the road). It’s the same as facing in 1 series (1 at home or 1 on the road). The The oppositions will depend under a 8-year rotation. It will be the following:

3 games per team faced from one division from another league * 4 inter-league teams = 12 games

Under this format, a team will still play under a schedule of 162 games. Interesting, huh?

To be sure, the teams with the brackets can represent the 2 new expansion teams (1 for the American League and 1 for the National League; and if Colorado heads to the AL). I'm not sure about you guys but feel free to make your opinions about it. Each league will have 4 division champions and 4 additional qualifiers (with the best won-lost record outside division leaders) for the post-season. Here is an idea from last season's final standings

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